essay
Ifaluk Atoll: an ethnographic account
HRAF • New Haven, Conn. • Published In 2005 • Pages:
By: Sosis, Richard.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article provides a picture of life on Ifaluk in the 1990s. The focus is on male labor and subsistence patterns as reflected in house building, fishing and inter-household cooperation. It argues life on this attol remains very traditional, despite long years of administration under Yapese, Spanish, German, Japanese and American control.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Composition of population
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Fishing
- Fishing gear
- Alcoholic beverages
- Forest products
- Settlement patterns
- Real property
- Inheritance
- Gift giving
- Status, role, and prestige
- Regulation of marriage
- Household
- Kin relationships
- Clans
- Community heads
- Sanctions
- Education system
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Woleai Region
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Micronesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi A. Adem ; 2005
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1994,1995,1997
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1907-1997
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ifaluk, Woleai Region, Federated States of Micronesia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Richard Sosis
- This essay was commissioned by HRAF.
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ifaluk Atoll (Micronesia)